Noun: metaal
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like metaal
sepaal,
schaal,
kapperspaal,
beefaal,
internationaal,
stoomgemaal,
krabpaal,
balzaal,
alarmsignaal,
strandpaal,
edelmetaal,
gebarentaal,
streektaal,
hormoonspiraal,
ferrometaal,
broodjeaapverhaal,
verteringskanaal,
portaal,
vergaderzaal,
ziekenzaal, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old French metal (“metal”), from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”), from μέταλλευειν (métalleuein, “to mine, quarry”), of unknown origin, but apparently related to μέταλλαν (métallan, “to seek after”), also of unknown origin. See: Latin Nouns '
metallum', Ancient Greek Nouns '
μέταλλον'.
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